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Microsoft recently announced a limited preview of Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) for hybrid environments, a new capability that brings cloud-native desktop virtualization to existing on-premises infrastructure. With this update, on-premises Arc-Enabled Servers can be configured as AVD session hosts, expanding Azure Virtual Desktop's hybrid capabilities beyond Azure Local to Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, VMware vSphere, and physical Windows Servers, or anywhere Arc-Enabled Servers can be deployed on-premises.

"I can now aim with my thoughts," wrote Rob Greiner, who is paralyzed from the shoulders down, in a post on X this Tuesday with video of his gameplay. Using a combination of a mouth-operated controller designed for quadriplegics called the QuadStick and Neuralink's implant, which is a brain computer interface, Greiner is able move his character in the world, look freely around, aim at enemies with his weapon of choice, and open fire.

Elon Musk's Starlink has gained yet another airline customer as the ultra-high-speed WiFi service continues to gain popularity. On the first day of this month's Dubai Airshow, Emirates announced that Starlink will be available for free, starting November 23. Business Insider previously tested Starlink on Qatar Airways' first flight with it last October. The connection speed peaked at 215 megabits per second, more than enough for a lag-free video call, and faster than many cable-based internet services.

It's time to take a break from family, stop stuffing your face with turkey, and enjoy an altogether more modern American Thanksgiving tradition: Black Friday tech deals. In theory, this is the time of the year when retailers heavily discount old stock to make room for the new, but finding actual deals on tech worth buying can be trickier than expected.

Dell Technologies Inc., HP Inc. and other tech companies are warning of potential memory-chip supply shortages in the coming year due to soaring demand from the buildout of artificial intelligence infrastructure. Consumer electronics makers including Xiaomi Corp. have sounded the alarm about potential price increases, while others including Lenovo Group Ltd. have begun stockpiling memory chips in anticipation of rising costs. Counterpoint Research this month forecast a 50% price rise for memory modules through the second quarter of next year.

In doing so, they are attempting to maintain access to more powerful Nvidia chips, which are now virtually unavailable in China itself due to tighter US export controls. This is according to the Financial Times, based on sources with direct knowledge of the situation. According to the report, since April, when the US further restricted sales of Nvidia's H20 chip, there has been a steady increase in AI model training at offshore locations.

A BearingPoint survey of 1,000 plus global execs found half report 10 to 19 percent workforce overcapacity due to "early-stage automation and limited role redesign" as AI is rolled out in their businesses. "Roles centered on routine analysis, process execution, transactional support, and repetitive knowledge work - including back-office operations, customer service, and entry-level financial or HR support - are becoming increasingly redundant," said the report.

There is a little bit of showmanship that is going on. That's what I'm hearing from my circle," said Dawn, founder of Upplai, which uses AI to help job seekers with résumés and cover letters.

Even so, Microsoft has the depth and ecosystem strength to continue doubling down on AI data centers, said Prabhu Ram, VP for industry research at Cybermedia Research.

"We have a line of sight to drive approximately $1 billion of gross run rate savings over three years across product development, customer service and support, and many of our operational processes," he said. The company's results announcement [PDF] states the aims of the new cost-cutting program are "to drive customer satisfaction, product innovation, and productivity through artificial intelligence adoption and enablement." Or in other words, replacing about ten percent of the company's people with AI, to save $1 billion.

Kioxia took a significant hit on the stock market this week after an investment vehicle affiliated with Bain Capital put a large block of shares on the market. Bloomberg reported on the sale by Bain Capital. The sale, worth more than $2 billion, took place at a substantial discount and put pressure on the share price of the Japanese memory chip manufacturer. Investors reacted nervously to the signal that a major shareholder is willing to reduce part of its position.

Corvex certainly seemed to think that Raymond was its CTO in the days before his indictment. Corvex named Raymond as its CTO in a press release and filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission, which detailed plans for a merger with Movano Health. But once Raymond was arrested, Corvex told media outlets that it had never completed the process of hiring him as an employee.

The Safe C++ proposal, which sought to introduce a memory-safe subset of the language inspired by the guarantees found in newer languages like Rust, has been abandoned by its lead author. This development occurs as pressure mounts from government agencies and industry leaders to address critical vulnerabilities often found in legacy codebases, which form the backbone of global digital infrastructure.

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google jokes about SEOs offering GEO-detox services next year. Google's local pack now links to the Places tab and then the pagination breaks. Google Ads overview tab gets custom views and two new metrics: trends and performance by stage. Google Ads now supports Facebook Messenger and Zalo.

Meta is in talks with Google about the use of TPUs (Tensor Processing Units) from 2027, with possible lease agreements via Google Cloud as early as 2026. The move would make Google a serious alternative to Nvidia as a supplier of AI hardware. The latter could be significantly affected by this due to its limited number of large customers. According to Bloomberg, citing The Information and insiders, Meta may start using TPUs in its own data centers.

The "Suspended Hotels" tab in the "Properties" page of your Hotel Center account will be removed. All properties that were previously on the suspension list have been unsuspended. The suspension tool was originally created as a way to quickly deactivate properties, often due to price accuracy issues. Now, with both Live On Google and improved automated removal of inaccurate prices with PA insights, it is easier than ever for partners to resolve price accuracy issues and quickly deactivate any properties.

Why does speed matter so much? When multiple traders target the same arbitrage opportunity or chase the best execution price, being first is essential. For the fastest high-frequency trading strategies, even a few nanoseconds of delay can sometimes determine whether a profitable trade is captured. Consider price slippage. The short gap between generating a trading order and its arrival at the exchange leaves traders exposed to price movements. A decision that looked profitable just a moment ago may become a losing proposition after a slight delay.

A judge is racing to break up Google's advertising empire before they can appeal, while Microsoft's Copilot stumbles on camera. Australia's sweeping social bans, Roblox's selfie requirement, and flawed AI moderation spark sharp debate on what happens when online gatekeeping gets serious. Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Trolls NetChoice Sues Virginia To Block Its One-Hour Social Media Limit For Kids Roblox is requiring 9yo kids to submit a video selfie to prove age

Folly makes money. Creative destruction and manic folly are exactly why the U.S. is the center of innovation in the world,

Just weeks after the IT and networking giant revealed that it had developed software designed to make the new networking paradigm work through networking application demos for classical use cases, Cisco has announced a partnership with IBM to build a network of large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers, laying the groundwork for networked distributed quantum computing, to be realised as soon as the early 2030s.

For years, we filled our calendars, stayed visible, and kept the machine moving. Our worth was measured in hours, output, and presence. It had to be. Humans were the system, and the system required us to keep it running. We didn't question it because that was how things got done. AI has changed that. It can now do many of the things we once did to keep things moving: the summaries, the reports, the follow-ups, the updates, the spreadsheets.

When Chinese tech giant Ant Group released its new AI coding assistant tool last Tuesday, it didn't expect the app to break under its own popularity. LingGuang, an AI app for vibe coding and building apps using plain-language prompts, reached over 1 million downloads in four days. By Monday, the app had crossed 2 million downloads, the company said in a press release. On Monday, LingGuang ranked first on Apple's mainland China App Store for free utilities apps and sixth overall for free apps. Ant Group, an affiliate company of the Chinese conglomerate Alibaba Group, said on Thursday - three days after LingGuang's debut - that the app's system buckled under heavy traffic.

Tarana, which provides technology to more than 300 service providers in 24 countries, offered two results from the Nextlink internet deployment. It claimed speeds increase from 369 Mbps download/79 Mbps upload to more than 950 Mbps download/400 Mbps upload on a 98.3-mile link. The new Nextlink capability will provide gigabit service in areas previously limited to sub-gigabit speeds. The company also claimed that radio frequency (RF) utilization dropped by 16% on a sector serving 186 users.

Microsoft has announced that WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) will be removed from future versions of Windows Server. The feature will remain available in Windows Server 2025 until 2034, after which organizations will have to switch to DNS permanently. According to Microsoft, DNS is the logical successor. The protocol complies with RFC 1034 and RFC 1035 and offers a distributed, hierarchical structure. WINS, on the other hand, works with a centralized replication model that scales less well.

Yesterday X started rolling out a new About This Account feature, which included what country the account was created from and what country the account is "based" in (which is different from "connected via"). Head of product at X, Nikita Bier, was quick to say that there were " a few rough edges," but promised they'd be resolved by Tuesday.

Known for his dire warnings of crashes and recessions, Burry goes by "Cassandra" on X - a reference to the priestess from Greek mythology who was cursed to speak true prophecies but never to be believed. He burst back onto X in late October after more than two years of silence, and wasted no time firing off several warnings about a dangerous bubble in AI stocks.

Abigail Wendling, 23, uses Pinterest to curate everything in her life, from recipes to wallpapers. At least until she saw a one-eyed cat when searching for a wallpaper. In another instance, a search for healthy recipes turned up a puzzling image showing a slice of cooked chicken with seasonings sprinkled inside it. These posts were created by generative AI, which is quickly overtaking the photo-first platform.